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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by laurent92 on Friday August 27, 2021 @02:29AM (#28324909)
Ubuntu also had ads in it: In 2013 they started displaying Amazon Books in their “Start menu”, which had the effect of uploading any keystroke of the main menu.
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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by vetinari on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:19AM (#28326052)
After the outrcy, the also removed it and never tried it again.

The other systems did not react the same way; they still consider that doing it is fine.

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